Kathleen York

Acting

Kathleen York

Born 1975-05-11 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Kathleen 'Bird' York is an actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated songwriter-recording artist. She is most known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's The West Wing, the Dominick Dunne miniseries A Season in Purgatory, and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge. Her film credits include Nightcrawler, Crash, Cries of Silence, The Big Day, I Love You to Death, Flashback, and Cold Feet. Series regular roles include In the Dark, Vengeance Unlimited, Aaron's Way, and The Client List, and recurring roles in How to Get Away with Murder, Jane the Virgin, Outcast, Murder One, The O.C., and Desperate Housewives. Guest star appearances include True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, All Rise, Longmire, House, and Revenge She uses the name Bird York for her recorded music. She achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep", (co-written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash. "In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her self-titled debut record was released in February 1999. Her EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008. Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds, the televised concert Where Music Meets Film along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface as well as featured song placements in House, 2010 season of American Idol, Nip/Tuck, CSI: NY, In Justice, Jake 2.0, and Everwood. She was the featured musical artist for the 2001 season of the CBS TV series Family Law writing and producing songs for numerous episodes. As a screenwriter, she has developed television projects for Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox Television Studios and Fox Broadcasting Network and is an alumnus of The Showrunners Training Program. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Acting credits

Nightcrawler poster
7.7

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Nightcrawler

2014

Crash poster
7.2

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.

Crash

2005

Dream Lover poster
6.8

Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.

Dream Lover

1994

Front of the Class poster
8.0

A boy with Tourette's syndrome overcomes criticism and discrimination to achieve his dream of becoming a teacher.

Front of the Class

2008

Flashback poster
6.4

A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.

Flashback

1990

Protocol poster
5.5

A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

Protocol

1984

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken poster
7.4

A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991

I Love You to Death poster
6.4

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.

I Love You to Death

1990

Sublime poster
5.3

Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than originally expected; and as his own fears begin to manifest around him, he learns that Mt. Abaddon is not a place where people come to get better... it is a place where people come to die.

Sublime

2007

Winners Take All poster
5.8

Billy Robinson has become the hottest hot-rodder on the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. But when he returns in triumph to his hometown to bask in all the adulation, he also skids into some pretty rank jealousy from envious motorcycling wanna-bes. And when a local race is organized, Billy must shift gears completely and compete against his best friend, Rick, for the top prize.

Winners Take All

1987

Checking Out poster
4.4

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.

Checking Out

1988

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory poster
6.1

Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987

Sad Inheritance poster
6.5

After filling her life with addictions, Christina is left with a dead-end job, a deadbeat boyfriend and a bad rapport with her mother. The last thing she needs is a baby, a sentiment the authorities agree with when the infant is born with a drug dependency. Now, Christina's future is in the hands of a dedicated social worker (Lorraine Toussaint), whose own instincts as a mother have her fighting for the child's rights.

Sad Inheritance

1993

Chase poster
6.0

A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend a migrant worker who has been accused of murder.

Chase

1985

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge poster
6.7

This is a true story about the relationship between a mother and her daughter, and their struggle to make it to the top in the music world. It is about hopes and dreams... about relationships and about growing up.

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

1995

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NR

Douglas Denenberg is a troubled young man struggling to find his place in the world. As he drifts through his daily life, his encounters and experiences reveal a deeply personal journey of isolation, uncertainty, and self-discovery

Footsteps

2010

Fatal Desire poster
5.7

A forty-something ex-policeman named Joe initiates an online relationship with twenty-something Tanya Sullivan. Conflicts arise after Tanya flies to Atlantic City to seduce Joe, and she reveals to him that she is married.

Fatal Desire

2006

Thompson's Last Run poster
6.7

A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.

Thompson's Last Run

1986

The Big Day poster
5.0

While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his wedding day, all while his bride, Sara, is anxiously awaiting him.

The Big Day

1999

Northern Lights poster
6.1

A stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town under bizarre circumstances. Ben, his best friend from college, also gets the call. Arriving just in time for his funeral, it becomes quickly obvious to them that the little slice of small-town America in which they find themselves is like an episode of The Twilight Zone featuring Frank's eccentric friends, his amazing secrets and his stunning final request. Both Ben and Roberta are shocked to discover that Frank not only had a child, but that he has left them responsible for his son's care.

Northern Lights

1998

Dead Men Can't Dance poster
3.9

To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything does not go as planned. Their communications are cut off and they must remember their survival training to get them through.

Dead Men Can't Dance

1997

Not My Kid poster
7.5

A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervised group meetings. Also, in evening meetings, the addicts are confronted by their families. The girl's parents want to remove her from the program because it upsets them that their daughter is being forced to associate with addicts who admit to stealing and trading sex for drugs.

Not My Kid

1985

No artwork available
10.0

A Los Angeles mother and her seven-year-old daughter search for an escape from the poverty in which they live.

Astronomy

1988

Cold Feet poster
4.1

Three criminals run into complications when they attempt to smuggle emeralds across the Mexican border.

Cold Feet

1989

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